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Simply Mac shutters its locations, some customers unable to retrieve devices that have been locked into stores

This really isn’t the right way to close down a business. Following Simply Mac’s June 9th announcement that it should be shuttering all 53 of its retail locations, customers have reported that their devices are still locked in certain stores. The Simply Mac chain was a major Apple-authorized retailer and service provider. With locations typically […]

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T-Mobile acknowledges data breach, says data of almost 50 million customers was compromised

If you have a T-Mobile account, it may be time to change your password. The company last week issued a statement confirming a data breach wherein the personal information of almost 50 million current, former, and prospective customers had been breached. Late last week, T-Mobile confirmed that a forum post that purported to offer data from more […]

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AT&T announces it will stop throttling speeds of its top tier Unlimited Elite data plan

Wireless carrier AT&T has announced that the company will no longer throttle speeds for customers who purchase its most expensive unlimited plan, AT&T Unlimited Elite. Previously, all three of AT&T’s “unlimited” plans featured data slowdowns when customers hit a specific limit. Now, starting the week of July 12, that will no longer be the case […]

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Rumor: Apple developing “Apple Pay Later” program which would allow Apple Pay purchases to be paid in monthly installments

There’s something to be said for paying over time. Apple is apparently developing a new service that will allow Apple Pay users to buy products and pay them off in monthly installments. Per Bloomberg, this featureis in development and internally named ‘Apple Pay Later’. However, Apple’s service would be directly integrated with Apple Pay. Apple […]

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Verizon announces December 31, 2022 cutoff date for its 3G wireless network

Wireless carrier Verizon has announced that it is shutting down its 3G network at the end of 2022, a move that will effectively end its 3G support. The company had pushed back against the sunsetting of its 3G network several times now, but seems to have found an end date for the service: We will […]